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On page SEO (inc meta's)

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Solicitors Mortgages, Dec 2, 2004.

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    i am starting to get the opinion that keywords ,,infact all SEO is becoming obsolete..and on the page SEO is growing less in stature
    it seems that if you get enough links* to a particular page using the keywords
    you want ..then you will rank high, regardless whether or not you actually have these words on your page or not.
    I have seen high ranking sites that use NO Keywords in their Meta Tags..sites that rank high for words that are not even on the visible page etc..
    your thoughts plz
    G*M

    enough links*= i have no idea how much enough is..but more than i have so far :rolleyes:
     
    Solicitors Mortgages, Dec 2, 2004 IP
  2. ViciousSummer

    ViciousSummer Ayn Rand for President! Staff

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    Enough links with keyword rich anchor text does seem to be a prevalent factor in ranking well in the serps, but on-page seo (or content for that matter) is still important (unless you have 10,000,000 links?). For example...I removed 99% of the on-page text on the index page of http://www.hustlerpanties.com. Within a couple of weeks I noticed a drop in the serps, so I added the text you'll see if you scroll all the way down. That brought me back up (perhaps even a little higher?) in the ranks.
     
    ViciousSummer, Dec 2, 2004 IP
  3. chachi

    chachi The other Jason

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    You have to do it all. But, once you get the on page stuff to a pretty good state, your time is (presently) best spent getting links
     
    chachi, Dec 2, 2004 IP
  4. Such Great Heights

    Such Great Heights Peon

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    Remember that Google even with "google bombing" (ie. the miserable failure project) you still only rank best in Google. On one of our sites up to about 60% of our search engine traffic doesn't come from Google.
     
    Such Great Heights, Dec 2, 2004 IP
  5. crew

    crew Peon

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    I would rather rank best in Google and sacrifice rankings in all other SEs than rank best in one of the others and sacrifice my ranking in Google.

    I still think on page is worth doing. it wouldn't surprise me if Google starts to shift slightly back to weighting on-page more highly (since it seems everyone is so caught up with manipulating with links)
     
    crew, Dec 3, 2004 IP